Gonzales Flops

Alberto Gonzales solidified his reputation as an incompetent with a breathtakingly unsuccessful press conference this afternoon, but it remains to be seen if he ends up looking more like a terminal naif, a shifty crook or, most likely, a political tool.

And your latest update of the furious developments today in this widening scandal at The Carpetbagger Report, The dirge of the purge.

Next up, one hopes: what were the US Attorneys who were not fired willing to do to keep their jobs?

Meanwhile, it's hard to believe Gonzales can last two weeks if this is the best he can do. Ominously for his future, the NYT reports that a White House spokesperson said he's doing a heck of a job,

The White House took the unusual step of having [Presidential Counselor to the President Dan] Bartlett conduct a hurried briefing with reporters in Mérida, Mexico. He said the president had “all the confidence in the world” in Mr. Gonzales